Which of the following statements about handling collisions in a hash table using the sequential chaining and open addressing techniques is NOT correct?
A)The implementation of sequential chaining technique is simpler than the implementation of the open addressing technique.
B)The sequential chaining technique is simpler to understand than the open addressing technique.
C)The sequential chaining technique requires the storage of links while open addressing does not.
D)The sequential chaining technique requires less memory use than open addressing.

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The sequential chaining technique requires storage of links which means extra memory is required to maintain them. In open addressing, no separate data structures are necessary to store links or pointers, making it more memory-efficient. Therefore, statement D is not correct. The other statements are true. Sequential chaining is simpler to implement and understand, but requires extra memory to store the links. On the other hand, in open addressing, the elements are stored directly in the hash table without links or pointers.

Which of the Following Statements About Handling Collisions in a Hash